EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESSINTEGRATION INTO THE
COMMUNITY

• A MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE VISION
• Kathleen Sellnow Emergency Preparedness Project
  Director

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Vision Statement

• MATC is identified as the leading provider of
  emergency preparedness training and education for
  our community.
• Our training and education integrates the unified
  coordinated approach based on partnerships and
  collaborative relationships with our stakeholders.

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Todays Situation

• Second largest technical college in Wisconsin
• Serves approx 50,000 students annually
• Seven Campuses across 5 counties
• 104 Programs including Health, Public Safety,
  Agriculture (only Vet Tech Program in the state),
  Bitotechnology, Electron Microscopy,
  Transportation and Cybersecurity

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Changing Times

• Increasingly Diverse Population
• Aging Population
• Threat of Terrorism and Natural Disasters
• Need for higher levels of education
• Need to integrate training
• Need to integrate college resources with the
  community

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PHASE ONE

• CERT Community Emergency Response Team Training
• NIMS/Incident Command Training
• Multi-Hazards in the School Training
• Protective Services WMD/Bioterrorism Training
• Network and IT Security Training

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PHASE TWO

• Rescue Medic Certificate
• Incident and Disaster Preparedness Training
  Transportation, Biotech, Agri-Science, Business
  and Health Programs
• Fuel Safety and Protection, Rapid Detection and
  Reporting of Hazards in Transportation

• Unusual Truck or trailer Operations or
  Modifications
• Infectious Disease Awareness and Monitoring-
  including Zoonotic Disease

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PHASE THREE

• Health Information Management System
• Emergency Communications
• Failure Analysis and Imaging EM
• Failure Analysis including Catastrophic and
  Casual Part Analysis
• Forensic Applications of Molecular Technologies

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What does MATC need to do?

• To continue our commitment to serving the
  community
• To expand and modernize our education and
  training facilities
• To integrate emergency preparedness curriculum
  across disciplines
• To be a leader in Best Practices